Photo: Eddie Howe calls up 18-year-old to Newcastle training pre-Brighton; 9 goals this season

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Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has been putting his players through their paces ahead of their return to Premier League action.

The Magpies are in great form, unbeaten in seven league games and winning 2-0 at Brentford last time out.

Up next for Newcastle is a meeting with Brighton at St James’ Park in a 3pm Saturday kickoff.

On Wednesday, the Magpies shared a number of training photos, and a talented academy player was spotted in the session.

That player is Jay Turner-Cooke, an exciting attacking midfielder who’s been making a name for himself for Newcastle at age level.

The 18-year-old joined the Newcastle setup from rivals Sunderland last year, penning a contract until 2023.

This season, Turner-Cooke has featured in central midfield, at No. 10, and on the right wing.

As per Transfermarkt, he has nine goals and two assists from 19 age level appearances this term.

Turner-Cooke has five Premier League 2 goals, three Under-18 Premier League goals, and one in the FA Youth Cup.

He is also a set piece specialist, with quite a few of his recent goals coming from free-kicks.

On February 24, Turner-Cooke helped put Newcastle through to the Northumberland Senior Cup final.

He scored the winning penalty against North Shields in their semi-final.

Turner-Cooke is yet to make his senior Magpies debut, but it’s great to see Howe call him up to senior training.

And if everything goes well in terms of Newcastle’s relegation battle and they survive with games to spare, perhaps he’ll get a runout before the end of the season.